The Civic Federation has launched an Illinois State Pensions Dashboard that allows users to explore more than three decades of pension data across the state's retirement systems. As of June 30, 2024, ...

(The Center Square) – The author of a new Civic Federation report says taking on more debt would be a death knell for the stability of Chicago Public Schools. Danny Vesecky, senior research and policy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Ferguson, president of Civic Federation, has criticized Chicago Public Schools' debt and the estimated $800 million needed to ...

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The president of the nonpartisan research group says Mayor Brandon Johnson needs to better address structural problems in his budget proposal. Chicago City Council committees will soon begin voting on ...